Toe walking?

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09 Feb 2008, 7:51 am

I used to walk on my toes more as a child, but don't anymore.

A bit off topic, but I knew somebody who looked like he had nails wedged in his shoes. He would would like an ostrich when he walked fast. :lol:

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07 Aug 2013, 9:21 pm

I do it sooooo much. I have done it as a kid and my aide would always tell me to stop.

I like doing it because my feet feel lighter and it feels good.

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07 Aug 2013, 9:28 pm

SteveK wrote:

paulsinnerchild wrote:

I notice it when I am standing in a queue as I mechanically keep lifting myself up of my heels and balancing on my toes then dropping down again in a repetitive rocking motion and the one thing I observed recently was that I was the only one in the queue doing it.

I do that sometimes also.

I guess nobody else does it when I actually think about it.

But, ya, I do this too.

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07 Aug 2013, 9:30 pm

[quote="BeggingTurtle"]I do it sooooo much. I have done it as a kid and my aide would always tell me to stop.

I like doing it because my feet feel lighter and it feels good.[/quote

You too, huh?

I can't walk softly when I'm flat-footed. In fact, I walk all kinds of akward when I'm flat. I always feel like I have to balance the motion of going flat by going back up on my toes.

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07 Aug 2013, 9:37 pm

i never walked on my toes, but my sister (also on the spectrum) did so constantly, throughout her early childhood...it drove me nuts, lol.

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08 Aug 2013, 12:02 am

I've also done this, as far back as I can remember. The feeling of walking heel-toe with little to no padding is quite jarring. I tend to do a more toe-heel walk, rather than staying on my toes.

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08 Aug 2013, 9:06 am

I've never walked on my toes. Sounds rather uncomfortable. I know a girl who walks on her toes though and she's not autistic. She's a very outgoing NT person who was in the "popular group" at my high school. Interesting.

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08 Aug 2013, 11:45 am

OddDuckNash99 wrote:

I'm just curious to see if any other Aspies out there walk on their toes. I didn't know this was a common autistic thing until just recently. I've always walked on my toes. It's more noticeable when I'm barefoot or when I'm walking up steps. I can walk flat when I'm wearing shoes, although I do walk on my toes quite frequently when I wear tennis shoes because I have to wear flat tennis shoes- I can't stand that sole thing inside "normal" tennis shoes. Just wondering if anybody else is a "toe walker."

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Same here.

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08 Aug 2013, 2:59 pm

I do that a lot, though I do it more often when I am at home. I did this since I was very little. I try to control my toe-walking when I am at work.

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08 Aug 2013, 3:02 pm

I do it all the time. It's more like the balls of my feet rather than the toes but it's just more springy especially when out running.

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08 Aug 2013, 3:14 pm

Not always. Sometimes. But it's usually a thing I do when I'm in a calming/stimulating kind of space and not just when I'm walking around all the time.

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08 Aug 2013, 3:49 pm

I've done this all my life, though it has lessened during my teen and adult years. I'm very aware of when I do it - which is very occasionally.

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08 Aug 2013, 4:31 pm

i walk on my toes

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08 Aug 2013, 6:22 pm

I am a digitigrade only when I'm walking with bare feet in my house, otherwise I've grown out of it.

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